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Supervisory Social Worker - Crisis Response Team
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 38 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Develop the schedule for all CRT staff and collaborate with on-call mental health providers to ensure that there is appropriate coverage for the ED.
- →Identify and develop training for CRT staff as it relates to provision of care, orientation, documentation, etc.
- →Serve as a member of the service line leadership, assisting with strategic planning, professional development, hiring, mentoring, coaching, and coverage.
- →Develop downtime protocols for staff.
- →Function autonomously to set priorities to meet the needs of Veterans, staff, and services collaborated with.
- →Communicate effectively with Chief and Deputy Chief about successes, needs, and challenges.
- →Provide clinical recommendations to ED physicians regarding appropriateness of psychiatric admissions and/or ED discharge with referral(s) to outpatient services, prioritizing patient safety, and balancing emergent situations arising simultaneously.
- →Facilitate admissions to the Acute Mental Health Unit (5P) and/or collaborates with community facilities for psychiatric resources, to include admission.
- →Ensure continuity of care for all Veterans presenting to the ED in mental health crisis by providing intervention and/or facilitating services with another provider(s).
- →Provide education and referrals to veterans for community services, and coordinates these services, as necessary.
- →Act as a liaison between community and VA programs as needed.
- →Make appropriate referrals, as indicated, to reporting agencies such as Department of Family Services, Adult Protective Services, police, etc.
- →Provide consultation to colleagues regarding emergent/urgent situations.
- →Conduct all required Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 95e83e01-9f99-4bc8-93d5-36be768f6637
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